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Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report -

The thoracic duct cyst is an extremely rare cystic lesion in the mediastinum. Surgical treatment of the cyst is necessary to confirm histologic diagnosis and prevent potential complications such as spontaneous or traumatic rupture of the cyst and chylothorax.

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Autores principales: Kwak, Mu-yeop, Bae, Chi-Hoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22263132
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.1.83
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spelling pubmed-32492812012-01-19 Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report - Kwak, Mu-yeop Bae, Chi-Hoon Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report The thoracic duct cyst is an extremely rare cystic lesion in the mediastinum. Surgical treatment of the cyst is necessary to confirm histologic diagnosis and prevent potential complications such as spontaneous or traumatic rupture of the cyst and chylothorax. Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011-02 2011-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3249281/ /pubmed/22263132 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.1.83 Text en © The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2011. All right reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report -
title_full Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report -
title_fullStr Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report -
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report -
title_short Thoracic Duct Cyst in Mediastinum - A case report -
title_sort thoracic duct cyst in mediastinum - a case report -
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22263132
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